U. S. Civil War Photographs - The Wilderness

U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS

THE WILDERNESS
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Click on a number on this map to see a photograph from that location.
The numbered locations on this map are shown in parentheses ( ) in the text.

General James S. Wadsworth ⁹⁶

It was then that U.S. General Wadsworth, in an effort to encourage the troops, rode toward the Confederate lines and was killed (3).

Union General James S. Wadsworth Monument - 2000 (3)
To read the text on the Monument click HERE.

General David B. Birney ⁹⁸

With Longstreet's Corps in the battle, Hancock's forces fell back to their Brock Road breastworks (1). Longstreet then made a flank attack against Hancock's left and rolled up General David B. Birney's troops like, according to Hancock, "a wet blanket."

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